MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 



Element Occurrence Record 



Allotropa virgata 



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Occurrence # 030 



Survey site name: BOBCAT LAKES TRAIL 



EO rank: C 

 EO rank comments: SMALL POPULATION WITH WIDELY-SCATTERED 

 INDIVIDUALS; SOME PLANTS BESIDE TRAIL. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: ODELL LAKE 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 003S 013W 02 S2NE4, 3S2NE4 



Survey date: 1992-08-31 Elevation: 7020 -7760 



First observation: 1992-08-31 Slope/aspect: 5-45% / S-N, MOSTLY 

 EAST 



Last observation: 1992-08-31 Size (acres) : 30 



Location : 



PIONEER MOUNTAINS, CA . 14 AIR MILES EAST OF WISDOM AND CA . 2.3 AIR 

 MILES NORTH OF LOWER SKULL CREEK MEADOW. GO UP THE BOBCAT LAKES TRAIL 

 FROM ITS JUNCTION WITH THE LACY CREEK TRAIL; SITE IS IN TRAIL VICINITY 

 ^ CA. 0.2-1.0 MILES FROM JUNCTION. 



Element occurrence data: 



20 PLANTS (3 WITH 11 LIVE AND 7 DEAD STEMS, 8 WITH 12 LIVE STEMS AND 9 

 WITH 27 DEAD STEMS) ; 57 STEMS (23 LIVE AND 34 DEAD) , 95% IN FRUIT, 5% 

 IN FLOWER, 4 LIVE STEMS GRAZED WITH MOOSE OBSERVED NEARBY. 



General site description: 



PARTIALLY TO VERY OPEN PINUS PONDEROSA-VACCINIUM SCOPULARUM 

 ASSOCIATION, MUCH DEAD WOOD AND LITTER IN SOME AREAS; DRY, SILTY OR 

 GRAVELLY-SILTY SOIL, WITH SHEPERDIA CANADENSIS, SPIRAEA BETULIFOLIA, 

 CALAMAGROSTIS RUBESCENS, CAREX GEYERI , HIERACIUM ALBIFLORUM, 

 ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI, HYPOPITYS MONOTROPA, LUPINUS SERICEUS, AND 

 ABIES LASIOCARPA. 



Land owner/manager: 



BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, WISE RIVER RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



Information source: 



POOLE, J. M. 1992. [FIELD SURVEYS TO SAPPHIRE AND ANACONDA RANGES, 

 DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST, OF JULY 13, 15-18.] 



